Oryx
Battle in Namibia “I want to see something killed!” G.
says with a glint in his eye... Very few people say they want to see a kill a
second time. “Be careful what you wish for here in Africa, my new
friend.” I say knowingly...click to read more
Jacques,
the Jack Russell, confronts African Elephant One would think,
however, on a continent where size matters most in the Natural world, that
there would be a point where having a Napoleon Complex would seem
counter-productive to perpetuating one’s existence. One would think….
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An
Unexpected Elephant Encounter I hear it then, the crunching of
rocks beneath heavy, heavy feet. My eyes bolt open and I peer into the darkness
beyond the beaming light and behind a copse of trees.
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Safari,
So Good: Botswana's Wild Dogs Experts believe that fewer than 5,000
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus, commonly known also as the Cape hunting dog
or the painted hunting dog) currently exist in the wild, and their range has
declined from 33 to 15 countries.
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Elephant
observation I thought you may be interested in reading my account
of some elephant behaviour I witnessed on Wednesday 2nd April at Shimangwaneni
dam... click to read more
SAFARI: A journey
through the sands of time My journey (safari) in your presence
always begins from within my own sense of exploration. Mine is a combination of
philosophy, physics, the sciences within life, and all the promises of
tomorrow... click to read more
At the fireside I'm sitting at my campfire contemplating the differences between
stone-age man and myself. Three and a half thousand years ago he would have
been sitting in the dark, perhaps contemplating what would become of his ilk
and homeland... click to read more
Guiding with
feeling Just before first light - the time of unanswered hyena
whoops - just before the francolins wake and as the first lion greets dawn with
shattering voice my day begins...
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Recapitulate On my recent safari a simple statement: "I'm going to sit at the dam
and recapitulate today's events!" became a four-minute obsession between
one person who knew exactly what she was saying, and two other people who fell
straight into life's little abyss of inadequacy called 'Oops!'...
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Where did that snake
go? Sand River camp I am sitting on my bed bent
over tying my bootlaces. My feet are firmly on the ground. I hear a sharp click
sound, movement to my right, and as I straighten - the Mozambican spitting
cobra slithers right over my boots...
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